Stephen Curry had the most games with 45+ points in 2020-21, with 7 games.

Interpreted as:

most 45+ point games by a player in 2021

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Stephen Curry S. Curry	7	363	2020-21	GSW	36.1	51.9	5.0	4.6	0.4	0.1	15.7	29.0	54.2	10.0	18.9	53.0	10.4	11.3	92.4	76.3	0.3	4.7	4.6	253	35	32	3	1	32	14	+92
2	Bradley Beal B. Beal	5	248	2020-21	WAS	39.8	49.6	5.2	3.0	1.6	0.6	18.4	33.8	54.4	3.8	8.2	46.3	9.0	10.0	90.0	64.9	2.8	2.4	2.6	199	26	15	8	3	13	10	-17
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	3	143	2020-21	MIL	35.6	47.7	10.3	3.7	1.0	2.0	18.0	26.7	67.5	1.3	5.0	26.7	10.3	13.3	77.5	73.3	1.3	9.0	2.3	107	31	11	3	6	7	6	+19
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	3	144	2020-21	DEN	41.3	48.0	11.7	8.3	1.0	1.7	19.0	30.0	63.3	3.0	5.3	56.3	7.0	7.7	91.3	71.9	3.7	8.0	3.7	124	35	25	3	5	11	7	+19
5	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	3	141	2020-21	CHI	39.4	47.0	7.3	5.3	0.0	0.3	16.7	27.3	61.0	8.7	14.0	61.9	5.0	5.3	93.8	79.2	0.7	6.7	4.3	118	22	16	0	1	13	5	+14
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2	113	2020-21	BOS	43.2	56.5	9.0	4.5	0.0	1.0	18.0	31.0	58.1	5.5	8.5	64.7	15.0	16.5	90.9	73.8	1.5	7.5	2.5	86	18	9	0	2	5	5	+11
7	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2	95	2020-21	PHI	37.3	47.5	16.5	4.5	3.5	2.5	16.5	24.5	67.3	0.5	2.5	20.0	14.0	15.0	93.3	76.4	4.0	12.5	3.0	75	33	9	7	5	6	4	+26
8	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	1	48	2020-21	UTA	39.2	48.0	8.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	16.0	23.0	69.6	8.0	11.0	72.7	8.0	8.0	100.0	90.5	1.0	7.0	5.0	39	8	2	2	0	5	4	+4
9	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	1	45	2020-21	BKN	38.9	45.0	5.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	17.0	31.0	54.8	7.0	13.0	53.8	4.0	4.0	100.0	68.7	0.0	5.0	1.0	39	5	4	4	2	1	5	-4
10	Kevin Porter Jr. K. Porter Jr.	1	50	2020-21	HOU	41.1	50.0	5.0	11.0	0.0	1.0	16.0	26.0	61.5	9.0	15.0	60.0	9.0	11.0	81.8	81.1	0.0	5.0	5.0	41	5	11	0	1	5	5	+19
11	Devin Booker D. Booker	1	45	2020-21	PHX	35.2	45.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	17.0	24.0	70.8	2.0	5.0	40.0	9.0	10.0	90.0	79.2	1.0	3.0	5.0	35	4	4	1	1	5	3	+7
12	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1	50	2020-21	POR	40.6	50.0	6.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	20.0	65.0	6.0	13.0	46.2	18.0	18.0	100.0	89.5	1.0	5.0	4.0	41	6	10	0	0	4	3	+9
13	Jamal Murray J. Murray	1	50	2020-21	DEN	38.3	50.0	6.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	21.0	25.0	84.0	8.0	10.0	80.0	0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	6.0	1.0	38	6	2	2	0	1	4	+24
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1	46	2020-21	DAL	40.0	46.0	8.0	12.0	1.0	1.0	17.0	30.0	56.7	5.0	8.0	62.5	7.0	9.0	77.8	67.7	1.0	7.0	3.0	40	8	12	1	1	3	4	+13
15	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	1	54	2020-21	TOR	37.1	54.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	17.0	23.0	73.9	11.0	14.0	78.6	9.0	9.0	100.0	100.1	0.0	3.0	1.0	37	3	2	3	3	1	2	+20
16	LeBron James L. James	1	46	2020-21	LAL	38.1	46.0	8.0	6.0	2.0	2.0	19.0	26.0	73.1	7.0	11.0	63.6	1.0	2.0	50.0	85.6	0.0	8.0	3.0	38	8	6	2	2	3	1	+11